Publicly Funded Inequality

In the hands of a capable entrepreneur, a technological breakthrough can be worth billions, owing to regulatory protections and the winner-take-all nature of the global economy. What is often overlooked is the role that public money plays in creating this modern concentration of private wealth.

WASHINGTON, DC – One of the factors driving the massive rise in global inequality and the concentration of wealth at the very top of the income distribution is the interplay between innovation and global markets. In the hands of a capable entrepreneur, a technological breakthrough can be worth billions of dollars, owing to regulatory protections and the winner-take-all nature of global markets. What is often overlooked, however, is the role that public money plays in creating this modern concentration of private wealth.

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